Eli Broad

Mikhail Baryshnikov will be continuing his role in the stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s "Man in a Case," which had its world premiered at Hartford Stage last season, with a national tour of the mixed media show. The 2013-2014 national tour will include stops in Washington, D.C.; Berkeley, CA; Boston, MA; Santa Monica, CA; and Chicago, IL. The tour begins with Shakespeare Theater Company at the Landsburgh Theater in Washington D.C. Dec. 5 to 22,; followed by Berkeley Rep Roda Theater in Berkeley, CA Jan. 25 to Feb. 16; ArtsEmerson, Emerson College Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston, Feb. 25 to March 2; Madison...

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